Improved grain-elevator



J N IG H 0 L S. GRAIN BLBVATOR.

No. 45,515. Patented 13120.20, 1864.

lh m

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN NICHOLS, OF FOND DU LAG, WISCONSIN.

Specification forming partiof Letters Patent No. 45,515. dated December20, 1864.

T0 @ZZ whom it may concern.:

. Be it known that 1, J onN NICHOLS, of Fond exact description thereof,reference being had.

to the accompanying drawings, and t0 the letters of reference markedthereon.

My invention consists in a peculiar arrangement and combination ofdevices for elevating and distributing gra-in.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view'of my improvedgrain-elevator. Fig. 2 is a top view ot' the saine, the top board beingremoved to show the endless belt and grain-buckets. Fig. 3 is a view ofthe top board detached from the machine.

In the'eonstruction of my improved grainelevator any suitable frame, A,is erected for f the support of the two pulleyshafts B and O.

Upon these two shafts are pulleys O and B', operated in the usualmanner. An endless belt, I), is carried by the pulleys. This belt isprovided With a series of grain-buckets, F, in the usual manner. VVhenabucket of grain i is elevated, the bucket empties its load upon theplateU, Fig. 2, from which the grain flows intothespout E, and is thencedischarged upon the spout K. rIhe spout E is arranged so as to revolveat pleasure in order to direct the grain to any point in thecircumference of the circular table L, and empty the same into thedifferent spouts K, which are placedto direct the grain into dii'erentbins' or to different parts of the building.

In the lower story of the mill or storehouse I have arranged adial-Wheel, H, which also acts as a pulley for the cord or band G. Thisband passes up over the pulleys I, and thence around the pulley F uponthe shank or shaft of the revolving spout E. By this arrangec nient themiller in the lower story of the mill I can take hold of the handle S,and by thus turning the wheel H lie can turn the spout E in anydirection, while the index on the-face of the pulley H will indicate inexactly what direction the revolving spout E is pointing-:5 Thus themiller, without going up stairs, cau direct the flow of grain, and alsoknow the'y course it takes.

-The dial on the face of the pulley corresponds to the circular table Lin the upper part of the mill, and as the dial turns the index showsiii-what direction the spout E is conducting the grain. This' circulartable L is permanently fastened to the elevator-frame A, so that theframe, the table, and the spout E will always maintain a workingposition, and not be disturbed by the settling or lurching of thebuilding.

The endless belt l) may be tightened by means of the screw M, which ismore fully described in another application, in which L especially claiman improvement in belttightelleIS.

I do not broadly claim the use of a revolving spout or index, butconfine -my claim to the peculiar arrangements and improvements abovedescribed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, is-- 1. rlhe arrangementand combination-of the index-wheel H with the revolving spout E,operated by pulleys and band, substantially in the manner and for thevpurposes setforth.

2. The use of the circular table L, attached tothe ,elevator-pipe A,substantially as described. i

. 3. The combination of the table L with the elevator-frame and therevolving spout, substantially as specified.

4. The use of the pulleys I, in combination with the vertical pulley Hand horizontal pillley F and band G, substantially as speciled.

JOHN NICHOLS.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. SAWYER, G. W. Psnsco'r.

